“Given the seriousness of the Consent Degree … you are encouraged not to engage in ‘ballot security’ activities even in your personal, state party, or campaign capacity.” The Michigan and Pennsylvania party chairs — who are both RNC members — went ahead with such activities anyway.

Under a longstanding, court-enforced agreement, the Republican National Committee is barred from engaging in the type of “ballot integrity” efforts that Donald Trump has been encouraging in recent months.

It’s hard to remember now, but Hillary Clinton once cast Donald Trump as a product of the same old Republican extremism Democrats always talk about. Four months ago, her campaign blew it all up, arguing that Trump isn’t like any other Republican, distancing policy and partisanship from Clinton’s message, and dragging Democrats along.

While the people inside Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center were busy nominating Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate for President, not everyone was happy about it. Photographer Ed Eckstein captures powerful black and white images from outside of the DNC.